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Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

Ep. 1012 - Exclusive interview with Bret Bielema at Big Ten Media Days

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

247Sports, Illinois, Illinois Football, Illinois Basketball, Illinois Athletics, College Football, C

Football, Sports

4.9575 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Illinois head coach Bret Bielema sits down with Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Joey Wagner at Big Ten Media Days at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas to discuss high expectations entering the 2025 season and an in-depth breakdown of his roster.

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0:00.0

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0:11.0

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0:20.0

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0:21.6

Time for a Coke.

0:23.6

Coca-Cola, official partner of the Premier League. Welcome in to the online choir podcast is Jeremy Warner Joy Wagner,

0:46.3

live at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas for Big Ten Media Days.

0:51.5

Joy, this feels a little different than Indy.

0:53.2

Feels a little different than Chicago.

0:54.6

How do you like it so? I like it a lot better now that we got some water, some coffee. Some hydrated. Not trying to sell up a long night last night, but had a nice time, good catching up. And it's cool, man, I've never been to Vegas. It's very hot. I am a- Vegas and July. It's like stepping into an oven.

1:11.9

I don't think this is physically the best spot for me with the heat, very hot. I am a... Vegas in July. It's a different kind, it's like stepping into an oven.

1:11.6

I don't think this is physically the best spot for me with the heat, but... Humans are not meant to live in the desert in the middle of the summer. It is cool, and it's cool. Check something off new and the chance to take in Vegas a little bit. Big Ten Media Days is always fun for us. And, you know, Illinois has done really well with us

1:29.3

of getting us some of players. And over the podcast the last couple of years, you think of some

1:33.1

of the conversations we've had with Isaiah Williams, the law firm of Johnny Newton, and Keith

1:39.3

Randolph. We just have some really fun conversations. Chase and Sidney Brown. You think back to them

1:43.5

and talking to us about watching high school football from like

1:46.3

a balcony and dreaming about where they are now.

1:48.7

So it's always fun to have these conversations.

1:51.9

But this was our first time that we've had time to sit down with Illinois coach Brett

1:56.9

Bielmo at Big Ten Media Days for an exclusive podcast.

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